Fri 09 May
|Eastwell Manor
Yeo Yat-Soon Harpsichord "Moments of Vision"
Treasures of music and art 1450 - 1750. Harpsichord recital with accompanying history of art curation through the ages. Drinks reception 6.30pm, Concert 7.00pm.
Time & Location
09 May 2025, 18:30 – 22:30
Eastwell Manor, Boughton Lees, Ashford TN25 4HR, UK
About the event
Programme
Music:
‘La Majesteuse’ from Pièces de Clavecin (1746)
by Pancrace Royer (1703 - 1755).
2. ‘Se la fatze ay pale’ by Guillaume Du Fay (1397 - 1474)
‘Jeloymors’ by Gilles Binchois (c.1400 - 1460).
3,4,5. ‘The Lord of Salisbury his Pavin’ and ‘The Queenes Command'
from Parthenia (1612) by Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625).
'La Boucon’ from Pièces de Clavecin (1756)
by Jacques Duphly (1715 - 1789).
'La Boucon’ from Pièces de Clavecin (1740)
by Jean-Baptiste Barrière (1707 - 1747).
‘Meditation faict sur ma Mort future’ (‘â Paris le 1 Maÿ Anno 1660’)
by Johann Jakob Froberger (1616 - 1647).
Sonata in A major (Kk.24) (1739) by Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757).
Passacaille in G minor from Suite no.7 (1725) by Georege Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759).
Art
François Boucher (1703 - 1770), Madame de Pompadour with ther hand on a harpsichord, 1750.
from Martin le Franc (1410-61), Le Champion des Dames (1440), ‘Guille. du Fay, Binchois’.
John de Critz (1551/2 - 1642), Robert Cecil, after he was created Earl of Salisbury, 1608.
Robert Peake (c.1551 - 1619) Princess Elizabeth, 1603, daughter of King James I, later Elizabeth of
Bohemia ‘The Winter Queen’.
Nicholas Stone (1686/7 - 1647), Orlando Gibbons, 1626, the bust is in Canterbury Cathedral.
Maurice Quentin de la Tour (1704 - 1788), Portrait of Anne-Jeanne Boucon, c.1752.
Harmen Steenwijck (1612 - 1656), An Allegory of Vanities, 1640.
Giorgio Vasari (1511 - 1574), Fresco, Sala dei Cento Giorni, Palazzo della Cancelleria, 1546, Rome.
About Yeo Yat-Soon
Yeo Yat-Soon was born in London and Chinese parents. His early musical education was at the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He went on to study at King’s College London from where he holds a Master’s degree in Historical Musicology. He returned to the Guildhall School for postgradute studies in Harpsichord and Conducting, where he won the Raymond Russell Prize for Harpsichord.
As a conductor Yat-Soon specialises in baroque opera and has conducted critically acclaimed productions for London Baroque Opera, the City of London Festival and Opéra de Baugé.
Yat-Soon performs widely as a solo harpsichordist, specializing in presenting programmes in historic contexts, often performed in historical buildings. Regular venues include the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace, Handel House Museum and Strawberry Hill House in the UK, and Kammersaal Friedenau and the Instrument Museum in Berlin. As an chamber musician he performs with Follia, Bloomsbury Baroque and Camerata Berolinensis (Berlin). His latest project, recreating meetings between Chinese and European musicians in the 17th and 18th centuries with the group Divertissements Chinois, received a prestigious grant from the Continuo Foundation.
Yat-Soon has had a long association with music education. He has been Director of Music at The Lady Eleanor Holles School and St Paul’s Girls’ School. At these schools he was privileged to conduct two of the most prestigious school orchestras in the country. He conducted the LEH orchestra in concerts at the Royal Festival Hall and Royal Albert Hall and he led SPGS orchestra and choir on numerous overseas tours, including one of the first UK school music tours to China in 2008. He currently teaches harpsichord, coaches chamber music and lectures on Historically InformedPerformance at the University of Birmingham. To follow Yat-Soon’s latest updates please see: http://www.yeoyat-soon.org/
"I am looking forward to taking audiences on a journey through music and art in a truely magnificant setting. Country Manor Concerts are inspiring and driven to bring music into unique and historical locations".
Tickets
General admission
Sale ends
09 May, 22:00
***Ticket price includes a complimentary glass of wine. Dining and accommodation at Eastwell Manor can be booked separately. 10% accommodation discount & pre-concert dining offers code: CMCMAY2025. Please see website or contact Eastwell Manor - call 01233 213000 corporatebooking@eastwellmanor.co.uk
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